Eric Noah's Info

[EricNoah]

Just my wildly uninformed opinion of course.

That's the spirit!

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

The real rumour I want to hear (or maybe don't) is the future of OGL or its ilk.

4th Ed. with an OGL-equivalent wouldn't bother me too much, as wherever this is a niche to be filled, someone will step in and fill it. I'd certainly be interested enough to pick up the core books (assuming that term continues to hold any meaning.)

4th Ed. as a closed system holds no interest for me. (And as I made a typo, I wondered if anyone has started referring to it as $th Ed. yet? If not, I call dibs ).

 

[zoroaster100]

If 4e sucks, either because of poor design or because of greedy overpriced marketing/packaging of the game info, I would just keep playing 3.5. The only things that would spell a tragedy for me with respect to D&D would be:
1) that Paizo might still be forced to publish all Dungeon adventures, especially the wonderful adventure paths, using the new rules; and
2) that WOTC might stop doing miniatures that can be used with 3.5 by changing the size/scale etc. in a bid to get us to re-buy a whole new batch of the same creatures in mini form.

 

[EricNoah]

The real rumour I want to hear (or maybe don't) is the future of OGL or its ilk.

Me too. I'm as in the dark as anyone in this regard.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Amusement at Wulf's comments aside, I'm not convinced that a smaller-than-Hasbro / bigger-than-BadAxe company couldn't find a satisfying middle ground between slavish devotion to stockholders and taking out a second mortgage on your house to cover printing costs.

 

[ShinHakkaider]

Your 4E talk is amusing. So what if it is coming? So what if it is going to be more of a miniatures game? So friggin what? The future of your gaming is going to be determined the same way it always has. By your commitment to it. If your gaming hobby dies it is going to be because you let it.

Hey, I play Castles and Crusades as my game of choice. Its going to be my game of choice as long as I play.

Same thing for those of you who play 3.0, 3.5, True20, etc... Your games are going to continue as long as you make them continue. Whether or not you "convert" to 4E.

Quit being chicken littles!

You speak that absolute TRUTH.

This is the second time in a week that I totally agree with you, the world must be ending very, very soon.

 

[philreed]

There's no reason to announce a new edition until the absolute last possible minutes: at the time the book trade needs product info which is typically six months before product release.

I still say that an announcement next week at GenCon for an '07 release wouldn't surprise me at all.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Hey, does this mean the countdown has begun for ENWorld, and we only have 730 days till it has to morph into something else?

 

[Monty Tomasi]

I heard a rumour that the real reason why miniatures are being pushed as the main way to go forwards is not profitability but simply becuase it is something solid that you can hold in your hand.

The senior management at WotC had been confused for years as to why people bought books and then made up things in their heads for hours at a time. The success of the miniatures has simply been more proof that solid pieces of plastic are a lot saner ways to enjoy yourselves than pure imagination.

Of course it is just a rumour and no solid proof to back it up. Although a counter rumour that I read about recently was that one of the senior managers wanted to get rid of the miniature market entirely after his beloved pet dog almost choked on one. The dog and owner are both fine now.

I do hereby boldly take a 5' step in to the future.

 

[Razz]

Why would you think that? There are a lot of signs that a potential 4e would be compatible with 3e. Besides that, 4e wouldn't strike your books blank if they aren't compatible. You could still play 3e.

With absolutely no more support for it. No anxiously awaiting the next new Monster Manual, the next new set of spells or whatever. It'd make your budgeting cheaper, but half the fun of D&D was seeing WotC/Paizo produce new material every month.

Well, at least for me and my group.